As summers get hotter and winters get colder, new studies on the dangerous effects of global warming are continuously being released. Most recently, the scientific journal Nature Climate Change published a research study warning that the Middle East will be “unlivable” before the turn of the century due to high temperatures if no action is taken to slow down global warming. A study from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed that greenhouse emissions have caused the average temperature around the globe to rise +0.85 grad. Average sea levels have risen by 19 cm over the course of the last 35 years, while the pH level of the oceans has dropped to -0.1. In response to mounting worries, the “biggest conference on global warming of our time” will be held in Paris from November 30-December 10. The summit, which France will host, is the 21st installment of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – dubbed “COP21” for short. “The conference is crucial because the expected outcome is a new international agreement on climate change, applicable to all, to keep global warming below…
Earth to Paris Summit Seeks Collective International Action Against Climate Change
November 27, 2015
